Optimum plant spacing and availability of suitable high yielding cultivars may help the farmers to achieve more returns per unit area by efficient absorption of nutrients and trapping of solar energy. The effect of growing different varieties at various spacing under south Gujara...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44492
A field experiment was conducted during the summer season of 2019 at College Farm, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari. The experiment was laid out in split plot designit included three sowing dates viz.D1:2nd week of February, D2:4th week of Fe...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44487
The study, conducted during the Kharif season of 2022, aimed to evaluate genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance, and diversity for morpho-physiological traits in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) using 39 genotypes. Significant genetic variation was iden...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44488
Purpose: The effect of vermicompost and nitrogen fertilizers on the growth and production of Aloe vera were conducted using factorial based on Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). Background: Vermicompost can be used in sustainable agriculture to support growing populations b...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44486
Biochar was derived from a range of biomass materials and its physical and physicochemical characteristics were assessed. Due to the pyrolysis of various biomass products, such as grass, cotton stalks, coconut husk, coconut shell, paddy straw, rice husk, Eichhornia, sugarcane bag...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44484
Rhizome rot of turmeric caused by Fusarium equiseti emerge as a significant soil-borne threat to crop health. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of Bacillus subtilis, soil amendments and microalgae treatment on Fusarium equiseti of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L). Expe...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44485
Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is an innovative and sustainable agricultural paradigm that redefines conventional farming practices. Pioneered by Subhash Palekar, ZBNF promotes a harmonious coexistence with nature by minimizing external inputs and eliminating the use of synth...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44482
The breeding effort was carried out to elucidate information on the inheritance of qualitative traits and identification of transgressive segregants for productivity traits in two crosses viz., DSb 23 x MACS 1575 (Cross 1) and DSb 23 x MACS 1460 (Cross 2) in soybean during Kharif...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44483
A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of foliar spray of nano fertilizer on growth characters of maize involving hybrid variety (pioneer) during Rabi season 2022-23 at Crop Research Cafeteria at Mandsaur University Mandsaur. This experiment was laid out in Randomized Block...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44478
The present research work was conducted at Pili kothi farm, Department of Agronomy, Tilak Dhari Post Graduate College, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh during winter season of 2018 and 2019. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design. The treatments comprised of diffe...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44479
One hundred soil samples from Rayal Cheruvu village in Ramachandrapuram mandal of Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh were collected by using GPS to study soil fertility status. These samples were analysed for physico-chemical and chemical parameters. The results revealed that soil...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44481
The current study evaluated 13 chickpea genotypes raised in a randomized block design with 3 replications during Rabi season of 2020-21 at Experimental research farm of Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding. Naini Agriculture Institute, Prayagraj. The results indicated that t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44475
A field experiment was carried out at Research Farm, College of Agriculture, Bharuch, NAU, (Gujarat) during kharif 2022 to study the effect of nutrient management on growth, yield and economics of cowpea. The experiment was laid out in RBD with factorial concept with three replic...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44476
Acorus calamus Linn is a medicinal plant that also has pesticidal properties, primarily against storage pests of agricultural commodities. The creeping rhizomes are the economic part of the plant and are in high demand in Ayurvedic medicine preparation. So far, the pest attacks h...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44477
Rhizome rot is a soil-borne disease that severely affects black turmeric and is caused by Fusarium culmorum. An experiment was conducted at the Department of Plant Pathology in SHUATS, Prayagraj, to evaluate the effectiveness of Pseudomonas fluorescens, organic amendments, and bo...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i44469